A rambling train of thoughts about the universe and our micro solar system consisting of our dear Sun and other planets in a magnetic dance while we hurtle through space on the face of a rock and stare at flat screens where we attempt to connect while we detach.

A cleansing breath sorely needed.
Stirring up past losses, failed conquests, well, it just demands
a turning to the real life things that matter, like a
link to a Tribute to Levon lovingly done by Warren Haines & Band.
It was weird that the last letter I posted #5 occurred at about the same time November 2009 as we got invited to a once in a lifetime Special Midnight Ramble. That was when we saw Kris Kristofferson et many more... at Levon's barn. No more than 200 people hearing and experiencing such a rare concert.
I really took it as a sign at the time of better days. It was like Levon had his Rambles and we went for what I called a "healing". The barn has an intimate quality like no other. At the same time we both read This Wheel's on Fire by Levon Helm, the honest and fascinating story of that man whose eyes sparkle and shine. Levon talked about his childhood's family trouble when the bank "papered them" and what did that mean? They must have called in the loan? And I realized no matter how smart or powerful you think you are, we are all vulnerable to a certain element of greed.
I hope you would consider helping Levon's family and friends save his barn.
Or perhaps you are near Woodstock, NY and want to experience an intense musical venue you will never forget.
Or you want to order the new release Love for Levon...incredible multiple cd/dvd pkg...
go to levonhelm.com

if you do not like political stuff, enjoy the photo above and stop reading right now :-)

#5

Will be the last in this series.
The beginning of my age of true disillusionment.
Can already hear some of you sighing, the politically adverse segment of the populationhow i wish i could be there somedays.
These are my feelings about town government & powers they have.
My true life experience in 2009 of nearly losing my properties.
What did not work for me to regain some sense of dignity or righteousness.
The brochure online about rights of taxpayers really doesn't cover the half of it.
In truth, towns can be more powerful than banks.
This has happened before and it could happen to you.
This was a letter I sent the town when I found out what they did.

fyi afterword...i have never received any of this information. meg 3.25.13

I want to have all the documents the Town of Monkton has related to the tax
sale of real estate property I own.

I want copies of the actual minutes where my property was described and
this was discussed.

I want copies of the accounting of the Town Tax Collector, records of his
phone calls, attempts to contact me or my husband.

I want copies of receipts of any mail sent to me or my husband.

I want you to tell me how many people are presently in arrears in
taxes.

I want to know how you decided to choose us.

I want to know who had abatement of taxes.

I want a copy of what went into the newspaper which I never saw.

I do not feel comfortable at the town hall anymore.

My emails about minutes all summer apparently were in vain since when you
finally decided to post them, all I saw was "tax sale". My suggestion to you is
to be more open about this process to the actual owners. I wonder how many of my
neighbors knew and I had no idea.

I am serious that I want all these documents. Do not ignore this
request.

I contacted Secretary if State Deb Markowitz about some issues I have
related to a "tax sale" of my property.

She suggested you might know some answers to my questions related to
property taxes.

My husband was supposed to pay the property taxes last year. He used a
check from an account the bank closed after we refinanced due to my husband
losing his job and general hard times.

When the check bounced, we were assessed 8 percent that day.

My husband, in good faith at the time felt we could pay it by the following
November.

He errantly did not tell me any of this, but neither did anyone else.

After only 9 months arrears in taxes and no notice to me, a female co-owner
wife citizen of Monkton, the town threatened to sell something we own for the
taxes. I have yet to see the document the town lawyer drew up. He was an old
attorney of ours and I feel he should have tried to find me or the tax collector
or someone.

The property taxes are in my understanding, partially state mandated and
there are many guidelines for municipalities to follow.

There is however apparently no recourse for me but to hire an attorney or
go to the newspapers and tell the rest of the "minor" landowners to watch out
for the tax man.

There are other properties in town as recently as 2007 that were 5 years in
arrears.

I was never notified of my right to abatement, appeal, or to be appointed a
guardian if I was babbling in the cellar.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Fives, Dang a lot of fives came together today...

me 55, born in 58, 5th child, on the 25th, mom born in 25...it seemed like a lot,

Or was I just looking for meanings and there was all this coincidence?

anyway, we are now part of a "virtual neighborhood". It is a listserv of town residents. When I close my eyes I still see the houses of the neighbors of my youth,The Pfeiffers, The Stahlhuts, The Jennings', The Kuethes', Braziers, and many more...

Now with a new found outlet to speak to my neighbors I have not know for the 30 years I have lived in the neighborhood, have been wanting to connect about a few issues I find imperative. So I wrote the entry below and thought I would log it in my blog as a time marker. Hoping for change but not counting on the change being what I want. Just something better.

If I get no response, OK, I will stick with sharing feelings with my worldwide web of bloggers, friends, musicians, artists, photographers, activists, and fellow poets. If I get a response, perhaps I will finally feel I have arrived at a neighborhood. If positive, a kindred neighborhood. If negative, well, sorry, I am entitled to feel however I feel.

If something here offends you, just push the I/o button in the o direction.

mary e. gerdt,

over the hill of 55,

55 trips around the sun.

God do I miss Mom at times like this...

Pipelines,
Notices to Residents & Delinquent Tax Collection

I
fully support everything Jane and Nate Palmer say...and I hope other Monkton
residents will stand there too. It is unfortunate the black suited lawyers and
lobbyists seem to have all the power, eh? This proposed pipeline (anybody see a
map yet?), is being crammed down our throats by a Canadian conglomerate to feed
a rich college town and a paper mill That Already Gets Gas!!!

They
want a 2 way RACEWAY...anybody get the visual?

Meanwhile
the Selectboard seems to passively yawn which leads me to believe they have
blessed this.

So
why do we pay all the conservation taxes and taxpayers pay to preserve land if
we are just going to become, let's face it, Transmission Fields...WRONG, all
Wrong!

Why
not criminal charges or sanction for what looked like deceptive practices
against our great and vulnerable neighbors.

It
makes me sick to think the town would let them stomp people like them.

Next,
have you experienced not being noticed by the town for a meeting or a
application/permit that you had a right to know/be at? Let's change that.

Next,
have you been the victim of a delinquent tax sale in Monkton where there are
questions about the proper procedure or even, is this like other towns do it? If
enough people connected who are as disgruntled as I have been, perhaps we could
really change this Draconian, 6 months late, we sell your property thing.

I
was told it would never change. Don't do well with never.

Next,
I will be publishing all the letters I have sent the town on my blog. It can be
a test of, well, what works, what doesn't. Is anyone as frustrated as I am? Or,
Mary you are all wet! Ok. I am a big girl (no comments). I can take criticism.
Likewise, if others feel like I do, the front porch is truly helping me feel
part of a neighborhood and have hope we can connect even though you may be a
couple hills over. I hope if there is common sense, ethical reform possible, I
hope we can recreate the kind of town Everyone wants to be a part of. Not just
the Yellers, the Bullys, the This, the That. The Pipeline people? Ran roughshod
over this town. Ripe for the picking I would say. Can the Selectboard choose to
engage in fights for the little people instead of looking for new zoning
restrictions? Can we put a moratorium on going after people like gravel diggers?
(I could have used some local gravel when my driveway washed away).and people
too poor to pay taxes this year...instead of raise taxes and shorten
tolerance.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Is easy to say us or them,
me or you.
Watch this video and see a different way,
a different viewpoint.
does this seem to cost anything?
I remember a drumming circle at work. We used the returnable 5 gallon waterjugs-
empty of course and upside down.
We were out on Button Bay which lent a spectaculare view and acoustics.

I did however hear a rumor your newspaper printed one or several legal
notices in the Pay newspaper to sell some or all of my Monkton property at a tax
sale. I am eager to see what this looked like and what they were selling. Also
how many times and dates of publication.

I was never noticed about this in any way. My husband, wishing to protect
me, paid the bill but the damage to my reputation remains, without my
knowing.

I wonder how any of you would feel if this happened. I do not want this in
the newspaper until I better understand what happened. Could you send me an
image of the legal notice you posted? Are you aware that a town may sell your
property without so much as a courtesy call?

And publicly humiliate you by publishing "tax sale" after being 9 months
arrears when others seem to have 5 years of back bills.

I am searching for truth and wish no more public posting of my name without
my knowledge.

I sat down in earnest to study the 96 Psalm so I can write a post in time to post tomorrow EU time.
That has become my framework, my own rule, or schedule, self expectation.
Then I drifted from email to FB to twitter which has become flocks of people voices chirping this, then that, sometimes echoing, retweeting.
Read some of Ann & the Angels which means the angels she channels. Stumbled onto Robin Miller, YT link above, whose music really kind of pulls down some of the cobwebs in your soul.
I cannot tell you how I can or why I can say that, maybe it is the idyllic Sedona setting,
the Sycamore trees, the messages..Dancing with angels like when you were an innocent child.
Could not resist just posting this and doing my research later.
Doing away with the human made rules when it come to Angels,
I think they really laugh at Human made rules...
Go buy some of Robin's music...Very Soothing!

Each musician a star
a shining bright star of energy,
together a constellation,
feeling a loss
so complete,
losing a mentor shaman
all around hardworking
good guy,
he left this world a better place,
the music, in this video, from the beginning,
tight, together, crisp, clear, heartfelt, matching songs to the people
who came to sing their tribute
one by one stepping up to the microphone,
biting their inner lip to keep from crying when they get to that part.
you know especially musicians have feelings,
it is a small price to pay for this amazingly performances, recorded, mixed,
produced, polished and most of all,
a directive from Levon: Keep it Goin'
Keep the Midnight Rambles in his barn going.
The most amazing concerts I have been to,
We now can experience the great photography, videography, musical talents
all in a tribute to a man who was clearly in the vicinity, and in the hearts of each of these
musicians and fans who adore that powerful force,
We have had all expectations exceeded by a country mile...
buy this music...#2 on amazon..make it #1...
go to levonhelm.com

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

From the Twitter feed,
The Fragile Oasis,
Mom used to point to the sky
on a clear night
when we were out in the country
at her cousin's or friends,
it would be late and
we got in some good visiting,
and she would say,
and say so reverently,The Milky Way.now I do, too and pray we may always see our milky home of stars...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

We saw this band when they played back up for Levon Helm and his band.
It was a beautiful day at Suicide Six Ski Resort summer..concert. The post I wrote
for that concert is in my most popular to date. It was the day before hurricane Irene came inland to wreak havoc on many including these people and many we know.

We are expecting 10-14 inches heavy wet "sugar snow".
Was tempted to post snow photos then saw Bow's photo in my archives.
Fred & I have a date for seeing Bow et al...looking forward to seeing a great show!

Friday, March 15, 2013

Stumbled onto a Glenn Hughes interview. Thrilled they are banding with other musicians for what I call a good old fashioned healing.
Music clearly is an element they control quite well and
if you are near this concert, you will not want to miss it.
Best to Nancy,

Thursday, March 14, 2013

From Meredith Angwin, my go to woman for Non emotional Nuclear Information.
Yes, there is another side to VT Yankee.

For my skeptical readers...
It may seem funny to you that I would oppose a gas pipeline and support VT Yankee.
I know it sounds or looks a little nimby...

Here are my points...

Gas pipeline-not here yet, they refuse to serve our town with gas, or the school, etc. They already used heavy hand towards neighbors, and hey, I need to check our swamp deed to see if they were supposed to notice us. That is how close it is. A mile. That is so close if it blows, I will see it. It could hurt people over there, so close.
It is to serve Middlebury, a wealthy college town, and a paper mill on the other side of the lake.
They could not burn tires since it poured mercury into the air, so, let's run them a natural gas line.
Monkton Scool will not even be able to tap in, I will not, no Monkton people will.Really??
No map has come out yet. I had to pre-emptively complain because I do not know what is happening.
Does Lack of transparency sound familiar?I need to raise awareness, this thing is being crammed down our throats and referred to as progressive by the Middlebury people...hey, Sure it is not running through their back yard to go somewhere else.
Hard to get anybody upset about a gas pipeline.
I felt bad the neighbors with their lone voices. No media support really.
Guess there are subtle differences in scenarios which give rise to us seeming to contradict ourselves.
I wrestle with that concept myself, being both pro environmental mixed with common sense science, evidence based reasoning, leading to a fair and ethical balanced conclusion.

I will leave the nuclear arguments to Meredith.
I had to determine my own values about the gas pipeline and fight it the only way I can, by words.

moonlight reflections award

herrad gave this to me as an award
many moons ago.
i found herrad by looking bleary eyed at an alphabetical list
of ms bloggers when i was finally diagnosed after a many year work up.
thankfully her blog started with an "a".

herrad welcomed me as a newcomer, virtual friends.
she inspired me to start designing my own blog and
try to post something daily and we all together
build our web of support
worldwide.

herrad blogging in 3 languages
me grateful herrad inspired me to write some tidbits
and make a virtual friend and make a stand
share some tunes, some personal feelings
some about being human
some about the monster
some about nothing at all.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
-John Henry Newman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Everything you can imagine is real.
- Pablo Picasso

Saturday, March 9, 2013

When I studied 94 briefly,
it is certainly not a light subject.
A Prayer to have the wrongs righted. By God.
So when I thought of music, this tune came to mind.
Found this link on you tube by Anthony Pepitone.
Heaven's Pearls, sung by the songwriter Byron Isaacs and Amy Helm and her band et al.
We saw Amy and Byron last weekend in Burlington.
Still cannot quite believe it. So after we saw them I googled Byron because I was paranoid I spelled his name wrong when I blogged. I have been known to spell my name wrong when tired.
Byron wrote this song which was good to clarify in my mind. I thought it was some ancient Appalachian hills music. When times are tough it is good to remind yourself
there will be a pearl at the end of the trials. You do not need to be vengeful,
God will deal with it for you.
It is all part of having faith,

The View
is in the news
and I close my eyes
hear the playground
Screech!you know The kind that pierces your heart and it skips a beat?
And the girls
over
There There There,they're looking at me
And I want to be with
Themand I want to be true to myselfwhen a trickle goes down my legi lost my urine.The girls gigglejust out of earshot
I take the scratchy brown towels
in the lavaratory
and try to clean myself before class
The smell still there.

The girls with their view.
Look at her. If they had invited me
would it have been on their terms?today @ 54 years old i see they did me a favor,made me find my own way.

So there is some irony in the story...
They never knew I was them.
Or that i hoped for them
the tolerance i fought so hard
to find.
After my anger and shame crested and receded,
my silence covered the wound like a scab.
Here i am today
the wash post picked the scab on my MS scars

(Really wish they would not pick on Ann Romney. She is just a girl like me with MS and a loving husband...oh yes, and a view) meg

New Music came to me via a little twitter bird...migrating music to the other side of Earth.
Enjoy Friday!
with...
The Contagious Band
The music video: Ahh young love and heartbreak...
Friend, he looked pretty shallow anyway, he did you a favor
Best wishes to DavidKingConspiracy <3 p="">
3>

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kept meaning all day to check out
these mysterious images on
astronomy pic of the day
sort of like a platypus or a bear or a rock
or...aliens?
1mm in length?
Do they watch us
as we walk through the woods
them living in their mossy home?

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Long Ago

about 40 years ago,
I was in high school, ouch, that hurt.
We lived in
Nowheresville, or Squareville, or Not Chi town or NYC or LA which was hip,
No we lived in little old Edwardsville, Illinois.
Crossroads of the flat lands, Route 66 right through the heart of town.
They started a University there and the cultural blend of
the original settler farmers, laborers, miners, immigrants and
University people was an interesting mix to say the least.
One thing everyone had in common was a love of Ethanol and a love of Music.
The Mississippi River Festival was born out of an inspiration
explained in this book (pictured with a book about the Cahokia Mounds people)

Levon Helm mentions this in his book, This Wheel's on Fire.
(He thought he was in Missouri, I think), It is actually Illinois.bear with me i have a point somewhere in here
Back then, The Band did a concert there. I missed that one because I was too young...by just a tiny bit.
People do however still talk about that concert, circa 1975??
(I sent Donna back the book that she loaned to me).

There were a million concerts there it seemed, all big names, solid stars even now.
A delightful outdoor venue with perfect acoustics, natural amphitheater and energetic booking staff.
With all that, they still talk about that "The Band" concert.
That is because Bob Dylan stayed at a $5 a night flea bag motel just outside of town and in perfect stealth mode, was undetected by the throng of fans. He hitched a ride to the concert?or is that part of the myth?
He went and walked on stage with The Band,
and the drummer was Levon Helm,
Amy Helm's father.

Forever after that, we would drive by the motel and think about how these guys
all had fun with us for a change. Raising their level of fame in our hearts, our adoration of them.They walked among us, they know the common man, we breathe the same air.
Just like their music did...

Fast forward to
2013we never thought past 2001 space odyssey,
Fred and I reminisice on Levon concerts we have been to, the Rambles, grateful we went ahead and made the leap to buy tickets we could not afford to see the greatest show on Earth, the Midnight Rambles at Levon's barn, house, studio in Woodstock, NY, the epicenter of what came after the Mississippi River Festival which gave me, a flatlander, a shot in the arm and Nowheresville became somewhere we wanted to be.

In 1981 I moved up here, to beautiful Vermont.
Always aching for shows like those I saw as a teenager at the MRF.
We found them and more...with The Midnight Rambles and Levon Helm concerts.
We even saw The Band at a local barn.

NASA's New Horizons: A Heart from Pluto

Lake Champlain

the challenges of freedom

My words were simply, "I cannot comprehend this." when told an excuse that my absentee ballot hadn't been mailed because.....I lost the rest. I filled out the absentee ballot form. Finally I wrote to the town front porch forum. Here it is:

School Revote

MARY GERDT

I did not receive an absentee ballot for the recent revote of the school vote. Apparently none were sent? Or did you receive one and mine was omitted? I prefer to vote at home. I signed the paper for absentee ballots. The Secretary of state said it is up to me to enforce the election rules. It is up to me to ask the town clerk to explain, go to court if need be. No, my body cannot take any more of that. My vote was not counted. If you like that policy, carry on. Just don't presume to know all the reasons I do not want to vote out in public. I thought that is what absentee ballots were all about.

update 5.19.15 follow up post to front porch forum

Several issues back I inquired if others in Monkton did not receive absentee ballots for the town school budget re-vote. I got no response. I do not interpret that as apathy or a conspiracy against me, although I am sorely tempted to take the easy way out. It is stuck in my craw, the assistant town clerk (why did we need an assistant?) said we talked it over and it was too late to send the absentee ballots out. Now I will reiterate I do not have the energy to fight this town over not being able to vote on a budget that affects the taxation on our property. I will submit to the reader that if you tolerate this, it is a slippery slope. Oh, and fair warning: when you fill out the form from the Secretary of State of Vermont for absentee voting for the year, and send it to the Town clerk or assistant, don't expect that you will receive the ballots as requested. Then when you don't, guess "they" decided there wasn't enough time. My vote was never counted.

What if you could help tell the history of 1960's #NYC #GreenwichVillage? You can, See Richard...

Monkton Chronicles

Monkton Chronicles,

November 2016

Thanksgiving Week

It's been 7 months since I have put out an article about this town. Pipeline Fighters, Political Sparring, Health and Fatigue have dominated my summer. Now Summer and Fall are behind us. The first snow a gentle morning. A new America is forming, baby boomers aging, parties losing, party winning. Not worth crying about, little snowflakes, we all melt away in the end. We scraped up what silver we had to pay the taxman. Narrowly paid, avoiding being pinched by zero tolerance tax collectors. shortly after that our 11 year old pellet stove died. It was a good run. Fred and son installed our new stove. toasty warm. hopefully you are warm wherever you are. best wishes, meg

April 2016

4.30.16

I have neglected my lonely Chronicles, Times are tough in this idyllic state of chaos. Vermont, of course, is what I mean. Vermont and Vermonters, genuine and those who "identify as Vermonters" can take credit for the steady as he goes, In full command, Silver Warrior, Bernie Sanders. I predicted he will win the nomination. I still believe that. Locally the steadily advancing Northern front of the Canadian free for all Gaz pipeline. They are carving their way to the Tree that they killed, in fact, many hardwoods. They chipped them, all. Come on down and look. I don't know what the answer is. Addie could only stay up in that tree so long. We warriors for the planet feel we have been here before. And hope we may stop the madness that supports fracking in #Alberta. Town of Monkton, Vermont has a website if you care to peruse the gas pipeline stuff. It all makes me sick.

Spring is being her usual stubborn self in the North Country. The Sunlight has been marvelous. Code word: Sunlight = Arctic air...brr.

May will start a little warmer and badly needed rain. That will wash the pollen down, and start the greening...A Spring delight here. Brown to Green. All for now. Have a Wonderful May. meg

March 2016

3.18.16

It's been awhile since I have posted in the land of sparse news.

There was a "Quintessential Town Meeting" in Monkton, Vermont that I have once again boycotted. That's part of the plan, you know, to steer the town business the way of the chosen few. I gave up, quit, starvation of my political desires. Forget it. I can't. It's hard to explain all this. You may think I am being whiny, intolerant. ignorant...

No, I am frustrated. How can one person one vote by transferred to the mass in the school auditorium? If you're still confused, that, too is part of the plan. No wonder I haven't written updates in the Chronicles.

Keep tuned...spring is on the way. meg

February 2016

2.10.2016

Still more or less an open winter with spotty snowfalls in the Champlain Valley. Some cold air on the way to take us below zero.

We are now on the shorter side of winter. The daylight hours changing subtly at first, then all at once you notice. The snow that is lacking reminds me of how reflective snow is. South of here, blizzards and hurricanes. Guess it's nice for us to have a break.

The election timeline is fascinating, for a few seconds. Then it falls into a monotony. The major media outlets rake in the dough...strange that donations go to elect people. Or that a woman (Carly Fiorina) was excluded from the New Hampshire debate because of polls that in New Hampshire, are grossly inaccurate. Women were not outraged at Carly's being stifled or Sarah Palin being called dumb. There should be so surprise when Hilary is squashed like in 2008.

Enough for now. Healing with Knight Salve #5, probiotics, sunshine.

January 2016

01.21.16

Every winter in Vermont is tough, just for different reasons. This year we were not hardened off, so to speak. All of the sudden it got cold, over and over. Eek. Finally got to this chore. The town as relates to me, We sent in forms for absentee ballots. Why do we have to do this every year? I am still experimenting with salves, and other healing regimens. Time is the factor we surely cannot control. Today, breaks of sunlight is warm in a south window.We fight the pipeline, the state brought a stacked deck to the public service board of Yes.

All for now.

December 2015

12.31.2015

Our unusually mild weather has turned to more typical cold, rain and snow.

The last day of 2015 finds me upright and breathing. Skin in the healing mode, aided by salves and soaps I have put together. Avoiding the mainstream products when I can.

We had a low keyed Christmas. Turning in early for New Year's. Hope everyone is safe tonight. Tomorrow is 2016.

That is an interesting number, isn't it? meg

12.7.2015

The Sun is lower in the sky, air is colder. We are enjoying the warmer December. There will be colder days ahead. Have been blogging, tweeting, and attempted to get my Samsung phone to coordinate with clouds, kindles, PC's and a rusty brain.

News came hard that a friend, my blogger mentor, Herrad Ford had passed away after an illness. Please say a prayer for her husband who is hurting right now. I am working on a tribute post. It will come to me when it is good and ready. Sleep helps with expression. Does that make sense? I am tired. Done for the day. Well, done except for watching Scorpion and NCIS-LA, 2 of my favorite shows right now.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For each thorn, there's a rosebud...for each twilight — a dawn... for each trial — the strength to carry on,For each stormcloud — a rainbow... for each shadow — the sun... foreach parting — sweet memories when sorrow is done.”

Quotes

Not sure where I found these."Suppose there are no hypothetical situations.""When your horse dies, get off."my lawyer haiku:"Lawyering,Back and forth they go,Poor folks suffer, losing time,Property all gone."

Gadget

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Quotes

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear."--Mark Twain, 19th-century American writer

“Security is mostly a superstition. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outrightexposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”--Helen Keller, 20th-century American writer, lecturer, advocate

"The vision of justice is an eternal long march to the Promised Land of the good life for all.” Justin Dart, Jr.

Wisdom of Kahlil Gibran

"Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love."

Fear

"There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. That is the fear of God. And there is the fear of Man --fear that men won't understand us and we shall be cut of from them."
Robert Frost

Folks

In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Quote(s) of the Millenium

"Man, like a tree in the cleft of a rock, gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings, and when the roots have grown to a certain size, can't be displaced without cutting at his life." Oliver Wendell Holmes"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ready for Garth Hudson..from Levon Helm Studios twitter feed...

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